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Does your preschooler yearn for outer space? The Virginia Air & Space Center can help with that. This summer, the center in downtown Hampton will launch a new permanent exhibit called Space Racers: Adventures in Space Exploration, designed for kids ages 3 to 6. The center is creating this interactive exhibit in partnership with a new animated children’s series, also called “Space Racers,” that follows young space cadets at the Stardust Academy. According to the center, tykes can become spaceship cadets, try on a spacesuit, explore the moon’s surface and manipulate a lunar rover. They can learn about the solar system, cool space facts and how to work together...

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Does your preschooler yearn for outer space? The Virginia Air & Space Center can help with that.
This summer, the center in downtown Hampton will launch a new permanent exhibit called Space Racers: Adventures in Space Exploration, designed for kids...

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Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area. Bird watching, hunting, fishing, shooting range, public boat access. An access permit is needed for visitors ages 17 and older who do not have a Virginia hunting or fishing license or boating...

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As the space shuttle program heads into retirement, a question remains: How will NASA send astronauts into space? The answer: For the time being, it will rely on Russia. But the long-term answer may have roots at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton....

George Ware’s cigar stayed in its wrapper — just as it did more than 30 years ago when the space shuttle program took flight.
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The company with a $1.9 billion NASA contract to ferry supplies from Virginia to the International Space Station has announced more delays to the project.The first delivery will occur sometime between September and December, according to...